PSLE 2012 - Results Discussion

[bupashu]

Vanilla Cake:

rains:

No. NY didn't reveal the % scoring 240 and above. Do you have the stats? But in any case, I am more concerned about 250 and above which suits me fine.

NY's students scoring 250 and above
2012 - 47.7 %
2011 - 45.9 %
2010 - 43.2 %
2009 - 42.7 %
2008 - 44.4 %

VC's mum

hearsay that this year got 40% scoring between 240 to 249

so got 87.7% scoring from 240 or higher ! now which school comes close this this ?

[Kate02491]

Hi everyone.


My son’s aggregate for psle is 244 and we chose St Joseph’s Institution for the first choice. Does anyone have any idea what are the chances of him getting into the school?
If he is not able to get into SJI, he will be very upset as he has been aiming for that school since he was in primary 5.

[nonKiasu]

I read with empathy for those who did not score as expected. I just wonder could it be something like what I don't expect to see in my DS1 P2 math paper http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=45257?


But after this, I hope all will think positively and move on. All the best in your secondary school life. I am not very good in words. In short, jia-you in your next stage of education and don't give up.

[rains]

bupashu:

hearsay that this year got 40% scoring between 240 to 249

so got 87.7% scoring from 240 or higher ! now which school comes close this this ?

I'm quite keen to know where the source of the hearsay comes from. The school didn't reveal the number of students scoring 240 and above. Unless it's a teacher from Nyps who says it, I'm not going to believe it. The school's average t-score is 239. If 87% scored 240 and above, the average should be higher than 239, I thought.

[rains]

nonKiasu:

I read with empathy for those who did not score as expected. I just wonder could it be something like what I don't expect to see in my DS1 P2 math paper http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=45257?


But after this, I hope all will think positively and move on. All the best in your secondary school life. I am not very good in words. In short, jia-you in your next stage of education and don't give up.

Hi,

In school, teachers mark strictly to train children for 'perfection', so that they will not lose marks unnecessarily at important exams such as psle. At psle, there are at least 2 markers marking the same question to ensure impartiality and accuracy. If anything, marking at psle is usually more 'lenient' compared to school marking. As far as I know, markers and examiners mean to give more marks to the candidates as far as possible. Te markers were psle candidates once, after all!

[Rational_Parent]

nonKiasu:

I read with empathy for those who did not score as expected. I just wonder could it be something like what I don't expect to see in my DS1 P2 math paper http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=45257?


But after this, I hope all will think positively and move on. All the best in your secondary school life. I am not very good in words. In short, jia-you in your next stage of education and don't give up.

In that maths marking anomaly, my kids (two of them!) suffered the same fate. One lost 2 marks when he was in P4 for a question simply because he drew parallel lines with a blunt pencil such that one line was thicker than the other. Another lost 1 mark when he was in P1 on a colour-the-rectangle-blue question; he used light blue instead of navy blue. Gosh, why fault those poor kids on technicality? I just don't get it but I did not bother to protest either because for sure they are not PSLE type questions. Fortunately, they have long put those episodes behind them.

[Rational_Parent]

rains:

Hi,

In school, teachers mark strictly to train children for 'perfection', so that they will not lose marks unnecessarily at important exams such as psle. At psle, there are at least 2 markers marking the same question to ensure impartiality and accuracy. If anything, marking at psle is usually more 'lenient' compared to school marking. As far as I know, markers and examiners mean to give more marks to the candidates as far as possible. Te markers were psle candidates once, after all!

Really?

[rains]

MeKiasuLeh:

rains:

Hi,

In school, teachers mark strictly to train children for 'perfection', so that they will not lose marks unnecessarily at important exams such as psle. At psle, there are at least 2 markers marking the same question to ensure impartiality and accuracy. If anything, marking at psle is usually more 'lenient' compared to school marking. As far as I know, markers and examiners mean to give more marks to the candidates as far as possible. Te markers were psle candidates once, after all!

Really?

You'd think they want to fail as many students as possible, right? No la. They also know how important this exam is to the candidates.

[Rational_Parent]

rains:

MeKiasuLeh:

[quote=\"rains\"]
Hi,

In school, teachers mark strictly to train children for 'perfection', so that they will not lose marks unnecessarily at important exams such as psle. At psle, there are at least 2 markers marking the same question to ensure impartiality and accuracy. If anything, marking at psle is usually more 'lenient' compared to school marking. As far as I know, markers and examiners mean to give more marks to the candidates as far as possible. Te markers were psle candidates once, after all!

Really?

You'd think they want to fail as many students as possible, right? No la. They also know how important this exam is to the candidates.[/quote]The subject with the lowest passing percentage in PSLE typically is maths followed by science, year in year out. Why don't they pass a higher percentage of candidates in maths? Please do have a word with them if you can.

[rains]

MeKiasuLeh:

rains:

You'd think they want to fail as many students as possible, right? No la. They also know how important this exam is to the candidates.

The subject with the lowest passing percentage in PSLE typically is maths followed by science, year in year out. Why don't they pass a higher percentage of candidates in maths? Please do have a word with them if you can.

As much as they want to give marks away, you'd agree there's a standard to maintain.